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what does the death of candy’s dog foreshadow later in the story? lennie’s fight with curley. lennie and george being run out of weed. lenny killing slim’s puppy. george killing lennie.
In Of Mice and Men, Candy's dog is put down out of mercy due to its old age and suffering, mirroring the eventual mercy killing of Lennie by George. This event establishes a pattern of compassionate, necessary death for a being that can no longer be protected from harm, directly foreshadowing George's choice at the story's end. The other options do not align with the symbolic parallel set by Candy's dog's death.
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George killing Lennie.